Chapter 62

"Ring, ring..." Ye Bo, who was studying the nautilus, suddenly heard his phone ring and answered it after checking the caller ID.

"Mr. Su, hello. Is there anything you need from me?" Although they had only met once, he remembered Su Jing clearly because the nautilus was caught by Su Jing, and he might have more questions to ask him in the future.

"Actually, I wanted to call the aquarium, but I don't know their number, so I called you. I've caught a live hammerhead shark, about 3.5 meters long. Do you want it?" Su Jing said.

"A hammerhead shark? How did you catch a live hammerhead shark?" Ye Bo was somewhat surprised.

"Well... I just caught it." Su Jing didn't want to say that he had the orca catch it.

"The aquarium is expanding two exhibition areas and could use a hammerhead shark. I'll ask the director and call you back." Ye Bo said, and after hanging up, he immediately called the director.

"Su Family Village? There isn't even a large boat nearby. How could they catch a live hammerhead shark? It must be a prank call." The director's first reaction was that it was a prank, as this kind of thing had happened before.

"The young man who called is the one who provided us with the nautilus. What do you think?" Ye Bo didn't think Su Jing would be the type to prank, but he didn't want to make a hasty judgment and threw the question back to the director.

"Then I'll send someone to check it out." The director said.

Soon, a few people arrived at Su Family Village and were led to the fishing grounds by Su Jing. Sure enough, they saw a hammerhead shark trapped in a net. However, the hammerhead shark, though alive, was severely injured and dazed.

They called the director to ask for instructions and decided to take the hammerhead shark, but because it was injured, they weren't willing to pay a high price. Su Jing didn't mind; he just wanted to get rid of the hammerhead shark without killing it, and selling it to the aquarium was the best option.

In the end, the hammerhead shark was bought by the aquarium for 30,000 yuan and transported away.

After the aquarium staff left, Su Jing let the orca swim back up from the sea.

"Jing, when did you start raising this orca? How did you raise it?" The group, seeing the orca's harmless appearance, couldn't help but get closer.

"Hehe, it was injured and stranded on the shore a while ago, and I saved it." Su Jing smiled, though he was being somewhat evasive, the truth was close enough.

"Damn, you dared to approach a stranded orca." The group thought Su Jing was both bold and lucky, raising such a powerful and cute orca was a pretty impressive feat.

"Brother Jing, how does it know karate?" Su Hu asked.

"That's one of the orca's attack methods, but my orca is particularly strong." Su Jing smiled. The powerful tail karate that looked super impressive was actually a common orca attack method, especially when orcas hunt sharks. However, Su Jing's orca had eaten magical beast meat, making it especially strong, allowing it to knock out the hammerhead shark with one hit.

Because of the movie "Jaws," many people think of great white sharks when they think of fierce sea animals, but what some people don't know is that the only natural enemy of the great white shark is the orca. It's not uncommon for orcas to hunt great white sharks.

"In the future, Little Hu will be the guardian of the fishing grounds. Come and meet him; don't worry, he won't bite." Su Jing patted the orca's head and turned to Su Liang, Su Xiaolin, and the others. The group was somewhat tempted but, remembering how the orca had quickly defeated the hammerhead shark, they all shook their heads and didn't dare to approach.

"You're all cowards." Su Jing laughed and suddenly jumped into the sea, with the orca following. This made the group tense up, worried about Su Jing, as they felt safer on land. In the sea, if the orca wanted to bite, there would be no way to defend themselves.

With a "splash," Su Jing and the orca surfaced, with Su Jing sitting on the orca.

"Little Hu, let's take a ride." Su Jing said, and the orca called out, then quickly swam away, taking Su Jing with it. They circled back after swimming about 100 meters. From a distance, it looked like Su Jing was riding a water scooter, and anyone who had ridden one knew it was a very enjoyable experience. However, Su Jing said riding an orca was even better.

"Ha, so cool." Su Jing laughed, as this was his first time riding an orca, and the feeling was incredibly novel and exhilarating.

"Chh," the orca suddenly let out a loud call, opening the valve on the right side of its head and spraying a tree-like mist of water, drenching Su Jing.

"Did you do that on purpose?" Su Jing patted the orca's head.

The orca called out again, stuck out its tongue, and then suddenly dove into the sea, leaping out of the water by about three to four meters before diving back in. Fortunately, Su Jing had good physical fitness, or he would have been thoroughly shaken up even if he had a firm grip.

"How fast can you swim?" Su Jing suddenly asked, and the orca, receiving the command, sped away, cutting through the waves. Su Jing excitedly shouted "Yeehaw," almost going crazy with joy.

"Jing, let me try too." Su Liang, envious, finally mustered the courage to ask.

"Brother Jing, let me try too." Su Hu couldn't hold back and almost jumped into the sea.

"That won't work. You can get to know Little Hu and touch him, but he doesn't like being ridden." Su Jing directed the orca to swim back and stop by the fish platform.

"Touching is good enough." The group couldn't help but get closer and cautiously touched the orca. Some of them had been to the aquarium to see orca performances, but they had never touched one so closely.

"Alright, now you know each other. I'll record a segment of Little Hu's call and leave it here. If any sharks come, play the call. It should drive them away, and if not, Little Hu will come to help." Su Jing immediately recorded a segment of the orca's call and left it for them.

"I'm going back, no need to send me off with a boat." Su Jing rode the orca back to his backyard, without needing to take a boat to the dock and walk back home. He could swim directly to the sea near his backyard.

"I want to raise one too someday." Watching Su Jing ride away, Su Liang, Su Xiaolin, and Su Hu were envious. However, they were just talking; they admired him, but they didn't dare to actually raise an orca. After all, how hard is it to catch and train an orca? What if it eats you before you can train it?

"Let me reward you." Back on the shore, Su Jing cut three pounds of magical beast meat and brought it back. The orca was already waiting with its mouth open. Su Jing smiled and threw the meat into the orca's mouth, which it swallowed. After eating, the orca called out to Su Jing, turned, and dove into the sea, disappearing.

"Little Hu, where are you going?" Su Jing called out, but got no response, feeling a bit puzzled. This guy usually wouldn't leave even if chased away, especially after eating magical beast meat. Why did he leave so quickly this time?

Su Jing waited for a while, and the orca finally returned, its head breaking the surface with a large shell in its mouth, which it placed on the shore.

"Is this for me?" Su Jing was surprised.

"Uh-huh." The orca nodded quickly, looking proud.

"Good boy." Su Jing patted its head and picked up the large shell.

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